Barquisimeto, Venezuela.- Venezuelan PG Greivis Vasquez (197-PG-87) has impressed everybody by doing what he does best: playing smart basketball, banking important shots, giving unbelievable assists to teammates in a better position to shot and reducing the amount of turnovers as the starting PG of the New Orleans Hornets, who've begun the season with a 2-1 record, thanks to victories over the Utah Jazz as hosts (88-86) and the Chicago Bulls as visitors (89-82).

Vasquez, a 25 year-old PG who's beginning his third full season in the NBA and second with New Orleans, has understood himself as a starter with bigger responsabilities than ever. He began with a 13-assists performance in a defeat against the San Antonio Spurs (99-95) in a game in which he shot a late three-pointer that could have turned things around, but he was unable to score it.

Then, against Utah, he had a double double night with 13 points and 10 assists, including a two-point layup with the game tied and 1.6 seconds left, giving his team a victory despites a strong effort by the visitors.

Then along came the game at United Center in Chicago, in which he began with 7 straight misses from the field prior to scoring 10 points in the second quarter to eventually finish the game as the team's top scorer, with 18 points, adding 6 assists and 4 rebounds.

He's now averaging 13.0 points, 9.7 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game with only 3.0 turnovers per game, in comparison with a 4.2 average during the preseason. While Eric Gordon (193-G-88) is out and given the recent injury of Anthony Davis (208-C-93), Vasquez will for sure have to run the team but also score a lot, if New Orleans wants to get ahead and start being competitive this season.

Barquisimeto, Venezuela.- Liga Nacional de Baloncesto's Second Division (LNB II) in its 2016 edition ended on a high note, as Comuna Cementerio was able to lift the trophy in an exciting Finals series, taking down Industriales de Guarenas, 3-2, to qualify for the 2017 edition of Venezuela's LNB I. Latinbasket.com Venezuela brings you everything you need to know about the LNB II 2016 Finals The Finals Comuna El Cementario defeats Industriales de Guarenas, 3-1 Game 1 Nov 26 - Comuna 66... [read more]

Barquisimeto, Venezuela.- Liga Nacional de Baloncesto's Second Division (LNB II) in its 2016 edition ended on a high note, as Comuna Cementerio was able to lift the trophy in an exciting Finals series, taking down Industriales de Guarenas, 3-2, to qualify for the 2017 edition of Venezuela's LNB I.

Latinbasket.com Venezuela brings you everything you need to know about the LNB II 2016 Finals

Barquisimeto, Venezuela.- Venezuela's Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB) in its 2016 Third Division season finished its Semifinals stage and, after very hard fought series, Buffalos de Tucupita and Universitarios de Caripito advanced to the Finals, by taking down Anaco Sport Club and Bufalos de Monagas, respectively. Latinbasket.com Venezuela brings you everything you need to know about the LNB III 2016 Semifinals: Buffalos de Tucupita-Anaco Sport Club (Buffalos win series, 3-1) Game 1... [read more]

Barquisimeto, Venezuela.- Venezuela's Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB) in its 2016 Third Division season finished its Semifinals stage and, after very hard fought series, Buffalos de Tucupita and Universitarios de Caripito advanced to the Finals, by taking down Anaco Sport Club and Bufalos de Monagas, respectively.

Latinbasket.com Venezuela brings you everything you need to know about the LNB III 2016 Semifinals:

Barquisimeto, Venezuela.- Venezuelan Jorge Arrieta was signed by Guaros de Lara as its new head coach for the upcoming season of Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB) and the team's participation in the FIBA Americas League as defending champions. Arrieta will work for the organization for third time in his career, as he was the head coach back in the 2011 season (13-30) and then came back as first assistant coach in the LPB (2015) and head coach for the team's first ever LNB title in 201... [read more]

Barquisimeto, Venezuela.- Venezuelan Jorge Arrieta was signed by Guaros de Lara as its new head coach for the upcoming season of Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB) and the team's participation in the FIBA Americas League as defending champions.

Arrieta will work for the organization for third time in his career, as he was the head coach back in the 2011 season (13-30) and then came back as first assistant coach in the LPB (2015) and head coach for the team's first ever LNB title in 2014 (as Columbus 99, an affiliate team name).

Arrieta is also a three-time LPB champion (2003, 2004, 2012) as head coach of Marinos de Anzoategui and has experience in leagues of Mexico and the Dominican Republic. He was also the head coach of Venezuela's B Senior National Team in the 2015 Borislav Stankovic Cup in China.

He'll be the team's first Venezuelan head coach since the acquisition of the franchise by Jorge Hernandez, as both Oscar Silva (2012) and Daniel Seoane (2016) were only interim head coaches.

"It's an honor to be in the top organization of the moment in Venezuela with such a group of important players", said Arrieta through a team statement. "It's a personal satisfaction because very important names were taken into consideration for this position and it gives me back the opportunity to win championships in Venezuela".

"I gotta have a meeting with the team's main board. We'll have to make some decisions but we know we need help in the 1, 2 and 3 positions, because as far as 4 or 5, we're covered with 4 pillars that are doing their task very well", said Arrieta about the roster structure and the possible hiring of foreign players.

The fact that the team could play the FIBA Americas League without an ongoing national league as backup, he said that the team will lack rythm inevitably even though Guaros "was active in the South American League and hasn't stopped all year as a team, which is a plus for us".

Arrieta replaces Ivan Deniz (agency: Pro Sports ) after only 7 international games as head coach, including a win in the 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, played in Germany back in September. Deniz had replaced Argentinian Nestor Garcia , who was close to coming back but was later hired by Quimsa in his country's LNB.

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